Furutaka-class cruiser
Cruiser class of the Imperial Japanese Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Furutaka-class cruisers (古鷹型巡洋艦, Furutaka-gata jun'yōkan) were a class of two heavy cruisers which saw service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Both vessels of this class were sunk in 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign.
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Furutaka in 1939 during speed trials | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Furutaka class |
Builders | |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | none |
Succeeded by | Aoba class |
In commission | 1925–1942 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 2 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Heavy cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 185.1 m (607 ft 3.4 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 16.55 m (54 ft 3.6 in) |
Draught | 5.56 m (18 ft 2.9 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 625 |
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Armor | |
Aircraft carried | 1 or 2 seaplanes |
Aviation facilities | 1 catapult |
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